Brennschluss
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Brennschluss(aloanword,from theGermanBrennschluss) is either the cessation of fuel burning in a rocket or the time that the burning ceases: the cessation may result from the consumption of thepropellants,from deliberate shutoff, or from some other cause.[1]After Brennschluss, the rocket is subject only to external forces, notably that due togravity.
According toWalter Dornberger,Brennschluss literally meant "end of burning," He goes on to state, "the German word is preferred to the form 'all-burnt,' which is used in England, because at Brennschluss considerable quantities of fuel may still be left in the tanks."[2]
Cultural references
[edit]The termBrennschlussis used in various English literary works, including:
- Thescience fictionshort storyHoneymoon in Hell(1950) byFredric Brown
- The science fiction short storyDesire No More(1954) byAlgis Budrys
- The novelGravity's Rainbow(1973) byThomas Pynchon
- The science fiction novelRip Foster Rides the Gray Planet(1952) written byHarold L. Goodwin(under the pseudonymBlake Savage)
- The science fiction novelThe Rolling Stones(also calledSpace Family Stone) (1952) byRobert A. Heinlein
- The science fiction novelDouble Star(1956) by Robert A. Heinlein
- The science fiction short story‘’Delivery Guaranteed’’byRobert Silverberg
- The science fiction novelFiasco(1986) byStanislaw Lem[3]
References
[edit]- ^"NASA Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use".30 March 2022.
- ^Dornberger, Walter (1954).V-2.New York: The Viking Press, Inc. p.18.
- ^Lem, Stanislaw (1986).Fiasco.Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc. pp.309.ISBN0-15-630630-1.